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    2004 - Ministry in an Islamic context

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    Solar-powered tape players Designated giving project
    Description: Solar-powered tape players
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    Bible school children give mission a boost News story
    Description: Bible school children give mission a boost
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    Beyond Ourselves Beyond Ourselves Vol. 3, No. 1
     Description: Ministry in an Islamic context
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    How then do we engage Muslims

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    Description: How then do we engage Muslims?

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    Nazareth Village
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     Description: Nazareth Village was conceived in 1985 by Dr. Nakhle Bishara, an Arab Christian and hospital medical director who was concerned that his fellow Arab Christians were losing the ancient cultural nuances of Jesus' teaching and that foreign visitors never seemed to understand them.
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    Audio clip
    Description: A congregation in Burkina Faso sings Christian compositions set to traditional music.

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    Description: Samogho chant. Luki (Luke) 2:4-12

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    Description: Samogho chant. Eburu (Hebrews) 10:1-10

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    Description: Here Sango Moussa, a griot (storyteller), sings.

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    Donna and Loren Entz recorded Bible stories and scripture songs composed by the first Samogho Christians in traditional musical styles to share the good news of Jesus Christ with others in their ethnic group.

    Audio clip credit: Burkina-faso: the voice of Peuls , CD coll. CNRS-museum of the Man, song of the world, CNR 274 1079, Paris, 1997.

    		  
    Missio Dei
    		 Missio Dei, Vol. 3
    Description: From Kansas to Kenedougou... And Back Again
    By: Donna Kampen Entz
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    Missio Dei

    Missio Dei, Vol. 1
    Description: Understanding Islam: A Christian reflection on the faith of our Muslim neighbors
    By: Calvin E. Shenk
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    Mission Insight

    Mission Insight, No. 8
    Order "‘The Greatest of These is Love,’ A Story of Dagestan” from Mennonite Media.
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    Return home transforms perceptions about Muslims
    		 Web exclusive article
    Description: Return home transforms perceptions about Muslims.
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    Muslim tribe celebrates publication of Bible portions
    		 News article
    Description: Muslim tribe celebrates publication of Bible portions.
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    		Coloring book
    Description: I'm Sita, Your Friend in Burkina Faso:     Complete Coloring Book (PDF). Developed by the communications staff of Mennonite Mission Network for the children of Mennonite Church USA.
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    Africa Map (PDF)

    Coloring book
    Description: I'm Sita, Your Friend in Burkina Faso:     Individual Coloring Book Pages. Developed by the communications staff of Mennonite Mission Network for the children of Mennonite Church USA.
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    Africa Map (PDF)

    Resources for further reading on Islam

    Cragg, Kenneth. The Call of the Minaret. Oxford: Oneworld, 2000, 3rd ed.

    Friesen, Leroy. Mennonite Witness in the Middle East. Elkhart, Ind.: Mennonite Board of Missions, 1992, rev. ed., 2000.

    Entz, Donna Kampen. “From Kansas to Kenedougou . . . and Back Again.” Missio Dei, No. 3. Elkhart, Ind.: Mennonite Mission Network, 2004.

    Krabill, James R., David W. Shenk and Linford Stutzman eds. Mennonites Meeting Muslims. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, to be published 2004.

    Lapidus, Ira M. A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 2nd ed.

    Nickel, Gordon. Peaceable Witness Among Muslims. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1999.

    Shenk, David W. Journeys of the Muslim Nation and the Christian Church. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 2003.

    Smith, Jane I. Islam in America. New York: Columbia University, 1999.

     
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